Show SUICIDES ARMY IN SHOW GEMAN GERMAN INCREASE Van Von ron 7 Hindenburg Takes String Stringent nt Measures to toI I Allay Alay Discontent PARIS Feb 12 From Irom From a German prisoner er the military critic of Ran Ran- professes to have deceived received de re- e a document of great import t tance nce It I is an order of the he day bearIng bearing bearing bear bear- ing the n number 2107 and issued by byField byField byField Field Marshal von Hindenburg to the group of armies under his command The order had evid evidently ty been caused by the prevalence of suicide among the German Geran soldiers which seems to t have aroused great anxiety in their commander This is the fi field ld marshals marshal's mar mar- sinai's message It I Is easy for us to comprehend the tile reasons for the increasing number of suicides in the Russian ranks Their soldiers recognize very well wel that a continued resistance on their part wil wi be absolutely fruitless friess- friess because because because be be- cause the Russian arms arms as well wel as those of France and England are already already already al al- al- al ready now row practically defeated However However How How- ever It i seems as if i doubts about the final issue had arisen arsen also among our own troops Some of our soldiers are said to question queston the possibility of our success on all al fronts and to belleve believe that we will wi not be able to prevent the Russians from invading our easter eastern east east- em ern er provinces Such doubts and to some extent perhaps the undue prolongation of the war too are responsible for the cases of suicide which have occurred recently recent ly among our regiments Happenings of this kind are a disgrace to our glorious country countr and the doubts are themselves entirely unwarranted On the contrary our latest encounters have shown that in spite spie of our numerical numerical numerical nu nu- nu- nu merical inferiority we are sure always always al al- al ways to get the better beter of the Russians thanks to our methods of ot defensive tactics and strategy Then follows a a. eulo Y of the kaiser laying special stress on his great military military mi- mi mili mili- tary genius and an enumeration of all all the tile victories won by the Ger Austro man armies In conclusion the chief commander warns wars of the severe punishment pun punishment that will wi be meted out in every instance of attempted suicide Here is how the order reads on this point The most rigorous measures measures measures-in in fact any available measures will measures measures wl will be betaken betaken betaken taken to stamp out this out this suicide evil i ito to pull pul it i up as asi it it were by its is very roots I have given orders to the tile corps of surgeons and physicians to use their utmost utmost- skill ski in trying to I save the lives of those who may try tr to kill ki themselves If I the delinquents I are officers they will wi be deprived o otheir of their rank and tried by The o only reason for the efforts to save the lives of these would be suicides sui sul- sul is that they may be adequately punished for their dishonorable act Furthermore I wish to notify all al sol soldiers soldiers soldiers sol sol- diers having a notion noton to commit suicide sui sui- cide cde that their names will wl b be inscribed in scribed on the blacklist of the tile German Geran army army Their wives and children will wl lose all al their rights and privileges and aad will wi never receive the least east allowance allowance allow allow- alow ance or assistance from any German Geran i authorities I |